Famke Janssen's Quotes

In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part.

The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.

Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.

As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.

Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.

Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.

I am attracted to the dark side of life!

I don't watch TV.

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I like the work that I get to do.

I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.

I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.

I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.

I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.

I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I personally like to do independent films.

I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.

I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.

I'm 5' 11" as I proudly say - just so I don't have to say six feet.

I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.

I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.

I've lived in New York for a really long time.